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MATGH BOX. No. 391,489. Patented Oct. 28, 1888.

N PETERS. Plwlolllhographur, Washington, D. C.

Unrrnn STATES Parent tlrricn.

FRANK Bl SMITH, OF NORTH SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE FOURTH TO EDWIN B. LOVELAND, OF SAME PLACE.

IVIATCH BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,489, dated October 23, 1888.

Application filed March 18, 1887. Serial No. 231,344. (No model To all whom it may concern: I ened together at the edges by a slight lap be- Be it known that I, FRANK B. SMITH, of ing the same or approximately the same North Springfield, in the county of Greene as the width of the front A, and the back and State of Missouri, have invented certain D D and front A are in such relative posinew and usefullmprovementsinMatch-Boxes; tions to each other that the latter is below and I do hereby declare the following to be a the former, so that the lower edges, d, of the full, clear, and exact description of the invensides 0 slant or are oblique. When put totion, such as will enable others skilled in the gether with the sections D Dlapping slightly, art to which it appertaius to make and use the the back is stiffened through the middlef and I0 ethe bottom slants at an angle of about forty- My invention relates to an improvement in five degrees, the triangular flaps 9 being fastinatch-boxes. ened to the inside of the sides and the lower The object is to provide a match-box of ends, E, of the back sections, D D, lapping light and inexpensive materiahwhich may be over the bottom B. The upper ends of the i5 easily manufactured and shipped, and one back sections, D D, terminate in the flaps F, which may be quickly put together for use. which are sanded on the inside for lighting A further object is toprovide a match-box matches when scratched thereon. An eyelet, more convenient for the consumer and less exh, is formed in the flap through the lapped pensive to manufacture, which may be hung portion, by means of which the box is hung on 20 in a convenient position with the ends of the the wall or in other convenient places. To matches exposed in position to be easily reclose the box, the end of the flap F is simply moved. placed in the slit 2' in the upper edge of the A further object is to provide the box with front A; or the flaps maybe slipped inside the means whereby the matches are easily ignited front edge of the box and no slit made. By

25 when removed from the box. and also with a forming the eyelet h in the lapped portion of surface which may be used for advertising the flap additional strength isgiven toit. The purposes, lessening the cost to the matchfront and sides of the box are plainly visible manufacturer, and affording a suitable space when the box is suspended, and hence Idesire in addition for the brand of the matches to be to utilize them as a desirable means for adver- 30 always exposed to view of the consumer. tisement.

With these ends in view my invention con- As the boxes'are constructed in the blank, sists in certain features of construction and large numbers may be shipped in comparacombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter tively small space, andeven when filled with fully described, and pointed outin the claims. matches the formation of the box is such that 35 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is comparatively little space is occupied by each a view of one form of blank. Fig. 2 is aview one. Importance is attached tothe factthat the in perspective of the box suspended in posiboxes being provided with means for hanging tion for use. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. vertical1y,thematch-headsbeingturneddown- A represents the portion of the blank which ward, there is no danger of their becoming ac 0 forms the front of the box, and B the lower cidentally lighted by the box being thrown end adapted to be bent along the line indiaround carelessly, and, owing to the slanting cated by dotted line b to form the bottom. formation of the bottom, the matches rest in The dotted lines a a at the sides indicate the the box in successive rows, those at the back bend in the blank to form the sides 0, while above those at the front, so that the matches 1,5 preferably parallel with dotted lines a a are are very conveniently removed and without the dotted lines a c, which mark the juncture touching their heads, except as they are drawn between the sides C and sections D D, formacross the face of the sanded flap. ing the back. The back is formed of a pair It is evident that slightchanges in the formaof approximately equal sections or half-section of the box might be resorted to, such as 50 tions, the entire width of the two when fastdifferent sizes and styles, and that other slight r00 changes mightbe made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself to the particular construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A match-box formed of a single blank cut to form a central portion for the front wall, portions for the side walls, the bottom, flaps completing the bottom, and overlapping portions for the back having a suspending-eyelet in the overlapping portion, substantially as set forth.

2. A match-box formed of a single blank out to form a central portion for the front wall, portions for the side wall having inclined upper and lower edges, the bottom, flaps coin- Witnesses:

O. B. SPERRY, FRANK HAVENS. 

